Festivals celebrating Clams, Seaweed, Tomatoes, Nuts and Pie.
Plenty of Pumpkin Festivals as well.
Welcome back, Festival Fans.
While festivals continue to be plentiful this weekend, there is a strong concentration around Sacramento and Los Angeles.
As you would expect, there are a ton of Pumpkin Festivals (Calabasas, Half Moon Bay and many more), Oktoberfests and Fall Festivals overall.
There’s also a Japan Fair in Costa Mesa, a Pie Festival in Malibu, a Nut Festival in Merced, a Tomato Festival in Los Banos, and a Chocolate Festival in Belmont.
There’s also the California Seaweed Festival in Humboldt Bay and the Pismo Beach Clam Festival (this one just makes me hungry thinking about it).
Feel free to go through the list below (I’ve marked some in bold so that you don’t miss them) and refer to the map in case some festivals are closer than you think.
If you want to keep up with these with weekly posts, you can either check back at the Festival Guides and Reviews blog page, find my post on the California Festivals Facebook page, or you can Subscribe for email notifications when these new posts come out.
If you have family and friends (or if you travel) out east in any of these states…
…please know that I write weekend festivals posts for this area as well.
This week, this area’s weekend fests can be found at https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/festival-weekend-102024 (meanwhile, Ohio’s festivals can be found at https://ohiofestivals.net/ohio-weekend-102024).
I hope you find both the new California Festival Guide and this series of weekend posts helpful! Feel free to contact me any time and give me your feedback.
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
California Festival Weekend: October 17-20, 2024
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MAP of festival and fair food cities this weekend.
If you can’t see the map on your smartphone, click HERE.
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CALIFORNIA FESTIVALS
10/14-10/20 – Pumpkin City III – Laguna Hills
10/15 – Surf City Nights XLI – Huntington Beach
10/16-10/20 – Oktoberfest at Old World Huntington Beach VII – Huntington Beach
10/17 – Livingston Fall Street Fair III – Livingston
10/17 – Oceanside Sunset Markets XLII – Oceanside
10/17 – Palm Springs Village Fest XLII – Palm Springs
10/17-10/20 – Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival II – Catalina Island
10/17-10/20* – Sugar Pine Music Festival – Grass Valley – CANCELLED
10/18 – Monrovia Street Fair and Market XLII – Monrovia
10/18 – Bishop Market IV – Bishop
10/18 – Olive Branch Church and School Fall Festival – Corona
10/18 – El Cajon Hauntfest on Main – El Cajon
10/18 – Fountain Valley Rocktober-Fest – Fountain Valley
10/18 – Berryessa Night Market XXIX – San Jose
10/18-10/19 – BeachLife Nights – Redondo Beach
10/18-10/20 – Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest VII – Big Bear Lake
Weekend continues below…
10/18-10/20* – Biola Raisin Day Festival – Biola – CANCELLED
10/18-10/20 – Silverado Days – Buena Park
10/18-10/20 – Fairfax Irish Festival of Music and Dance – Fairfax
10/18-10/20 – California Seaweed Festival – Humboldt Bay
10/18-10/20 – Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Fest IV – Pomona
10/18-10/20 – Art, for Heaven’s Sake Fine Arts Festival – Redlands
10/18-10/20 – Desert Empire Fair – Ridgecrest
10/18-10/20 – Golden Sky Country Music Festival – Sacramento
10/18-10/20 – St. Cecilia Shake Rattle and Roll Parish Festival – San Francisco
10/18-10/20 – Conejo Fall Festival – Thousand Oaks
10/18-10/20 – Ukiah Country PumpkinFest – Ukriah
10/19 – Auburn Big Time Pow Wow – Auburn
10/19 – Auburn Oktoberfest – Auburn
10/19 – Auburn Harvest Festival – Auburn
10/19 – Chocolate Fest at the Congregational Church of the Peninsula – Belmont
10/19 – Eek!Vale Halloween Festival – Eastvale
Weekend continues below…
10/19 – El Dorado Hills Fine Art Festival – El Dorado Hills
10/19 – Glendora Pumpkin Festival – Glendora
10/19 – Livermore Pride – Livermore
10/19 – Taste of Soul LA – Los Angeles
10/19 – Los Banos Tomato Festival – Los Banos
10/19 – Dairyville Orchard Festival – Los Molinos
10/19 – Malibu Pie Festival – Malibu
10/19 – Menifee Fall Festival – Menifee
10/19 – Merced County Nut Festival – Merced
10/19 – Oxnard Fall Festival – Oxnard
10/19 – Golden Oak Honey and Pumpkin Festival – Paso Robles
10/19 – Dussera Diwali – Pleasanton
10/19 – Mountain Harvest Beer Festival – Quincy
10/19 – Redding City Fair – Redding
10/19 – Ripon Main Street Day – Ripon
10/19 – Placentia Heritage Festival – Placentia
Weekend continues below…
10/19 – Sacramento Harvest and Health Festival – Sacramento
10/19 – Otaku Smash Festival – San Diego
10/19 – Rancho BEERnardo Festival – San Diego
10/19 – Bearrison Street Fair – San Francisco
10/19 – Potrero Hill Rhythm and Blues Festival – San Francisco
10/19 – Dia San Jose – San Jose
10/19 – Santa Barbara Vintners Festival – Santa Barbara
10/19 – Santa Barbara Harbor and Seafood Festival – Santa Barbara
10/19 – Wilder Ranch State Park Harvest Festival – Santa Cruz
10/19 – SoCo Halloween Market – Santa Rosa
10/19 – Santa Ynez Chumash Culture Day – Santa Ynez
10/19 – Día de los Muertos Celebration – Solano Beach
10/19 – Springville Apple Festival – Springville
10/19 – A Toast to Sausalito – Sausalito
10/19 – St. Helena Harvest Festival – St. Helena
10/19 – Taste the Arts Festival – Visalia
10/19 – St. Mark Venice Food Festival and Carnival – Venice
10/19 – Westlake Village City Celebration – Westlake Village
Weekend continues below…
10/19-10/20 – Santa Anita Oktoberfest II – Arcadia
10/19-10/20 – Via Arte Italian Street Painting Festival – Bakersfield
10/19-10/20 – Beverly Hills Art Show – Beverly Hills
10/19-10/20 – Borrego Days Desert Festival – Borrego Springs
10/19-10/20 – The Phoenix Club Oktoberfest III – Brea
10/19-10/20 – Smith Family Farm’s Pumpkin Harvest IV – Brentwood
10/19-10/20 – Fall at the Barn – Browns Valley
10/19-10/20 – Campbell Oktoberfest – Campbell
10/19-10/20 – OC Japan Fair – Costa Mesa
10/19-10/20 – Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival – Half Moon Bay
10/19-10/20 – The Northern California Renaissance Faire VI – Hollister
10/19-10/20 – San Diego Spirits Festival – La Jolla
10/19-10/20 – Lake Arrowhead Oktoberfest VI – Lake Arrowhead
10/19-10/20 – The Original Farmers Market Fall Festival – Los Angeles
Weekend continues below…
10/19-10/20 – Fall Harvest Festival Weekends at Underwood Family Farms IV – Moorpark
10/19-10/20 – Mellano Farm Stand Fall Festivities IV – Oceanside
10/19-10/20 – The Street Fair at College of the Desert XXIV – Palm Desert
10/19-10/20 – Pismo Beach Clam Festival – Pismo Beach
10/19-10/20 – Bella Vita Fest – San Diego
10/19-10/20 – Gilchrist Farm Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Patch IV – Santa Clarita
10/19-10/20 – 805 Night Market: Santa Maria – Santa Maria
10/19-10/20 – Meyers Mountain Market Fall Fest – South Lake Tahoe
10/19-10/20 – Holy Family Church Fall Festival – South Pasadena
10/20 – Calabasas Pumpkin Festival – Calabasas
10/20 – Elk Grove Bloom Fest II – Elk Grove
10/20 – Escondido Grand Avenue Festival: Fall – Escondido
10/20 – Fallbrook Harvest Faire – Fallbrook
10/20 – Festa Italiana di Santa Rosa – Santa Rosa
10/20 – Sherman Oaks Street Fair – Sherman Oaks
10/20 – Thousand Oaks Rotary Street Fair – Thousand Oaks
Are you interested in more state festival guides?
Find them below!
Alabama | Arkansas | California | Delaware | Florida | Georgia
Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri
New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Pennsylvania
South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
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